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Discovery and description of the first human Retro-Giant virus

2018-09-20

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<h4>Background: </h4> Robert Gallo reported the first human retrovirus HLTV in 1980. What we report here is the first human giant virus, Mimivirus-like, with a retroviral core. <h4>Methods: </h4>: The isolation of human giant viruses from human T cells Leukaemia was performed on 25% sucrose gradient. The purified viral pellet was examined using electron microscopy (EM), after immunolabelling with anti-FeLV gag...

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Literature Corpus work: 63c07674-17a8-52da-89a5-7ef320908236
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.15118.2

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